Tomb raiding: Intercepting Yin Xinyue and building a family of immortals

Bang bang bang!

The sounds of gunfire could be heard intermittently from the carriages ahead.

Su Renxiu and the others took out Hanyang rifles from their packages and asked in a deep voice, "Clan leader, what should we do?"

"Wait!"

Su Chen was unwilling to get involved in the affairs of the warlords and the Yin family, as it would be a thankless task.

He planned to go to the capital to cancel the marriage certificate, and then go to Shenyang to visit the tomb of the Liao Dynasty's imperial concubine and meet the lamas.

As they spoke, the gunfire from inside the distant carriage gradually subsided.

Su Yitian curiously opened the car door a crack and peered out.

"Brother Chen, the eldest son of the Yin family has disappeared!"

Before he could finish speaking, everyone heard a loud bang. Su Chen looked out the window and saw that the railway tracks in front of him had been blown up.

Immediately afterward, the train came to a slow stop, and an army of over a thousand men surged along both sides of the tracks, surrounding the train completely.

"Get out of the car! Everyone get out!"

Seeing the fierce-looking, fully armed army, Su Chen gave Su Renxiu and the other men a look, signaling them to put away their Hanyang rifles.

The four of them followed the other passengers on the train and got off the train with the flow of people.

Before long, a junior officer under the warlord rode over on a brown warhorse.

The man brandished his riding whip, looked at the hundreds of passengers who had been forced off the train, and shouted in a deep voice.

"My commander-in-chief has taken the capital and is now hunting down rebels! The rebels were just on the train. Anyone who harbors rebels will be treated as a rebel themselves. Now, everyone, submit to inspection!"

Upon hearing this, the passengers on the train immediately panicked.

Over the years, the capital has changed hands several times, with various forces taking turns to dominate the scene.

The common people were not surprised that the capital had been taken over by another warlord.

Let alone warlords, even the president in the government changes every few days.

only……

Some passengers complained, muttering under their breath, "I'm going to Beijing, what does your arrest of rebels have to do with me..."

Before he finished speaking, the officer on horseback turned cold and pointed his whip at the enemy.

The next second, soldiers dragged the passenger in the long robe out.

"The commander-in-chief is arresting rebels, but I think you're the rebel yourself!"

Before the man in the long robe could even speak, the officer drew his pistol and fired three shots, killing him instantly.

Then, with a gloomy look in his eyes, he slowly swept over the silent passengers and said coldly, "You will all be checked one by one. You can only leave after the check is complete!"

……

Watching helplessly as someone was shot, the remaining passengers dared not say a word and could only line up to be inspected by the soldiers.

In the middle of the group, Su Renxiu looked at the Hanyang rifle wrapped in cloth in his hand and asked in a deep voice, "Clan leader, what should we do?"

After a moment's hesitation, Su Chen took the initiative to line up in front of the others.

"Try not to talk later, and avoid conflict if possible."

When you encounter warlord conflicts, you can only blame your bad luck.

If he really couldn't get into the capital, Su Chen planned to go to Shenyang first.

only……

After queuing for a short while, several gunshots rang out from the front of the line.

It turned out that the soldiers in charge of the inspection had stolen the passengers' belongings, and a conflict broke out between the two sides.

But the passengers were unarmed and no match for the bandits. The husband was killed, and the wife and youngest daughter were taken away by the bandits.

This scene quickly aroused the passengers' dissatisfaction, but faced with thousands of soldiers around them and the dark muzzles of guns, everyone dared not speak out.

Seeing this, Su Yitian gripped the Hanyang rifle in his hand tightly and gritted his teeth, saying, "These beasts are not human!"

Su Chen didn't speak, but simply pressed down on Su Yitian's hand.

Soon, the line continued forward, and it was Su Chen's turn to undergo inspection.

There were two bandits in charge of the inspection, one fat and one thin.

The skinny guy temporarily brought a table from the train and took out paper and pen to take notes.

Another fat man, while asking questions, scanned the passengers up and down, looking for any valuables they might have.

"Where are you from? What's your name? What are you going to the capital for?"

Su Chen took a deep breath and took out a few silver dollars from his pocket.

"We are merchants from the south, going to the capital to do some small business. Would this gentleman be so kind as to make things convenient for us?"

Upon seeing these silver dollars, the fat man's eyes widened in surprise.

He quickly and discreetly took the silver dollar from Su Chen's hand, then waved his hand and said, "Okay, go ahead."

In those days, soldiers' salaries were very low. Although the Beiyang warlords and various local warlords stipulated a monthly salary of five to ten silver dollars.

In reality, if a low-ranking soldier received two or three silver dollars, it was considered that the army was honest and their superiors were considerate of their comrades.

only……

Just when Su Chen thought he could get away with it.

Not far behind him, a female student named Wanwan suddenly whispered:

"Sir, he has a silver bracelet on his wrist, worth over a thousand silver dollars!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the eyes of the two bandits lit up.

The fat man, in particular, picked up his Hanyang rifle.

"Where's the bracelet?!"

The anger on Su Chen's face flashed by, but his gaze gradually darkened.

He never expected that a female student would ruin things at such a crucial moment.

He didn't even need to look to know that the one shouting behind him was the female student Wanwan from earlier.

Seeing that Su Chen remained silent, the fat bandit pulled back the bolt of his gun with a click!

"I'll ask you one more time, where's the bracelet? Give it to me!"

Black-backed Old Six's face was terribly gloomy, and his hand was already on the Guanshan knife inside the package.

but……

Su Chen suddenly smiled and then took out the two rings from his pocket.

The gleaming silver rings unsurprisingly elicited gasps of surprise.

The two bandits, one fat and one thin, were so engrossed in staring that their eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

Su Chen placed the two rings on the table and asked in an unusually calm voice, "Can we go now?"

The fat bandit looked around, especially glancing at his officer on horseback in the distance.

Seeing that the officer was not paying attention to him, he quickly put the two rings into his pocket.

He then quickly waved his hand and said, "Let's go, let's go, hurry up!"

Su Chen breathed a slight sigh of relief and quickly walked back along the train tracks with Su Renxiu, Hei Bei Lao Liu, and the others.

The passengers along the way only dared to curse the bandits when they were far away.

Su Renxiu glanced back, sighed softly, and said, "Clan leader, are we just going to give them the bracelet like this?"

"That's right, this is some good stuff that came out of the Ghost Tomb!" Su Yitian said indignantly!

Black-backed Old Six was even more direct, taking out a Guanshan knife from his pack and saying in a cold voice, "I'm going back to kill my way back!"

"kill?"

Su Chen glanced at the group and shook his head, saying, "What will we use to kill them?"

"These bandits are powerful right now. If they take the capital, they probably have at least 100,000 troops around the area. How can the four of us possibly fight them off?"

"But……"

"There are no buts. You should go back to Cangzhou County first and buy four train tickets to Shenyang tomorrow morning."

"Chieftain, what about you?"

Su Chen glanced at the three of them, shook his head and said, "Don't worry about me, I'll meet up with you tomorrow morning."

As he spoke, he turned to look at the black-backed sixth brother.

"Old Dao, can I borrow Guanshan Dao?"

Without saying a word, Black-backed Old Six handed the Guanshan knife from the package to Su Chen.

After saying this, seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Su Chen jumped directly from the train tracks into the wheat field next to him.

The golden wheat field obscured his figure, and he quickly disappeared from sight.

The remaining three looked at each other, and finally Su Renxiu said in a deep voice, "Xiao Chen is the right person, we'll follow his arrangements!"